<p>Honestly, please don’t sweat over not receiving a letter from UC Merced. Our son was identified for ELC & has already been admitted to UCSD & UCSC Still waiting to hear if he’ll be a Bruin.</p>
<p>The ELC program was completely revamped this year. Yes, ELC is awarded for top 9% for students who will enroll in the fall of 2012. In years past, you were pre-accepted to certain UC schools (UCB, UCLA excluded). Not anymore…it became less important this year. However, I have a family member who is “in the know” & said that being identified for ELC, with regard to applying to UCLA, will give you bonus points when your application is being reviewed; this is nice as in years past, being identified as ELC didn’t give you an advantage for UCLA at all!</p>
<p>Don’t torture yourself by reading the tea leaves while waiting for this Friday’s decision. Best of luck to all!</p>